STS Annual Perioperative & Critical Care Virtual Conference

Virtual Event

Join bioMérieux, Inc. at the STS Annual Perioperative & Critical Care Virtual Conference! 

Sponsored Talk

September 25, 2020
3:10 pm - 4:10 pm CST

 

Assessing the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI): A Pagdign Shift in Renal Care

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is one of the more prevalent and serious morbidities in hospitalized patients and is associated with a multitude of acute and chronic conditions. The economic and public health burden of AKI is significant with substantially increased mortality, morbidity, length of ICU stay and in-hospital costs. The NEPHROCHECK^® Test [TIMP-2 • IGFBP-7] is an FDA cleared combination biomarker test that can significantly discriminate AKI from no-AKI, and when used in conjunction with clinical evaluation, can aid physicians in optimizing patient management.

Presented By: V. Sreenath Reddy, MD, MBA, FACS 

Dr. Reddy is a native of Alabama. He graduated from Amherst College with magna cum laude honors in Neuroscience. He earned his Medical Doctorate from The University of Alabama School of Medicine with Clinical Honors. He has been at Tristar Cardiovascular Surgery based at Centennial Medical Center since 2011 and is currently President of the Nashville Surgical Society and on the Board of the Nashville Academy of Medicine.